7.30pm 20 December 2024 Northern Alliance, Premier Division AFC Newbiggin 5 Cramlington United 4 (att 85) I occasionally question my sanity when groundhopping. Driving to Northumberland, and then standing in a freezing cold wind waiting for a Northern Alliance game to begin was one of those occasions. But I have a warm winter coat, I was staying in a hotel just a short drive away, and I was about to witness the most remarkable 90 minutes I've seen in a long time. I don't keep detailed enough records to know if I've ever previously seen a team come back from being 4-0 down to win, but I definitely have now. Newbiggin's defensive frailities were exposed early on by Cramlington, who scored three times in the opening 15 minutes. They'd added a fourth by the half-hour. If the home side had any consolation it was that the fourth goal came after they'd had a decent spell, and that they'd be playing with the wind more behind them in the second half. And by the time ...
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